John Blake White

(1781-1859)
South Carolina

"An artist, lawyer, and dramatist of Charleston."

[Oscar Fay Adams, A Dictionary of American Authors 419 (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1899)]

James Blake White
Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography
(New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887-1889)(James Grant Wilson & John Fiske eds.)(6 vols.)

Poem

John Blake White, The Forgers, a Dramatic Poem, Southern Literary Journal, (March, 1837)

Orations

John Blake White, An Oration, delivered in the Third Episcopal Church, before the inhabitants of Charleston, South-Carolina, on the 4th March, 1815 in commemoration of the adoption of the Federal Constitution: by appointment of the '76 Association, and published at the request of that society (Charleston, [S.C.]: Printed at the office of the Southern Patriot, 1815)

Writings

John Blake White, Foscari, or, The Venetian Exile, a tragedy in five acts, as performed at the Charleston Theatre (Charleston [S.C.]: Printed for the author by J. Hoff, 1806)

_____________, The Mysteries of the Castle, or, The Victim of Revenge,
a drama in five acts, as performed at the Charleston Theatre (Charleston [S.C.]: Printed for the author by J. Hoff, 1807)

_____________, Modern Honor, a tragedy in five acts (Charleston [S.C.]: Printed for the author by J. Hoff, 1812)

_____________, The Triumph of Liberty, or, Louisiana Preserved,
a national drama, in five acts (Charleston, South Carolina: Printed for the author by J. Hoff, 1819)

Research Resources

John Blake White Papers
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina